Austin Independent School District

Those districts include several border school districts including La Joya, Brownsville and Hidalgo ISDs — as well as districts in the state’s larger metropolitan areas that later joined the lawsuit, including Houston, Austin and Dallas.

The district’s refugee family support office will provide interpreters, test student’s English proficiency and help train teachers on how to recognize signs of trauma.

The remote-learning program, which launched Tuesday, was hastily put together in the last few weeks after the spread of the delta variant upset the district's plans for fully in-person classes this year.

The Austin and Round Rock school districts have said they will provide virtual learning after all. The option is back on the table amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases.

Parents across the country are weighing whether to send their children to in-person school this fall. Some districts are getting creative in an effort to win them back.

En la primavera de 2021, 60% de los estudiantes del tercer al octavo grado pasó el examen de lectura, y 48% pasó el examen de matemáticas. En primavera de 2019, la última vez que los estudiantes tomaron el examen, 73% pasó el examen de lectura y 74% el examen de matemáticas.

In spring 2021, 60% of students in third through eighth grades passed the reading test, and 48% passed the math test. In spring 2019, the last time students took the test, 73% passed the reading test and 74% passed the math test.

El distrito dijo que todas las clases serán presenciales el siguiente año escolar después del fracaso de un proyecto de ley que hubiera financiado las opciones de aprendizaje virtual.

The district said all classes will be in-person next school year after the Texas Legislature failed to pass a bill that would have ensured schools get state funding for virtual learning.

Bertha Sadler Means was known as a community leader, political activist, businesswoman and educator.